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The Collected Tales Of Nikolai Gogol

By Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
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The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol presents a rich tapestry of themes from rural and urban Russia, interweaving the surreal with the mundane. Through his captivating characters and vivid storytelling, Gogol explores societal norms and human nature with wit and satire. These tales delve into everything from haunting fantastical elements to reflections on the absurdity of everyday life, capturing the essence of 19th-century Russian culture.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate dark humour and surreal storytelling. Gogol's tales often blend the ordinary with the bizarre, providing a unique glimpse into 19th-century Russian society through rich, vivid characters and intricate narratives. If you're a fan of classic literature that weaves satire and fantasy together, this collection will likely captivate you.

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Collected here are superb new translations of the finest tales - from the founding master of Russian surreal allegory and irony.

Collected here are superb new translations of the finest tales - from the founding master of Russian surreal allegory and irony

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Collected here are Gogol's finest tales— from the demon-haunted St John's Eve to the strange surrealism of The Nose, from the heart-rending trials of the copyist in The Overcoat to those of the delusional clerk in The Diary of a Madman—allowing readers to experience anew the unmistakable genius of a writer who paved the way for Dostoevsky and Kafka.

To this superb new translation—the first in twenty-five years and destined to become the definitive edition of Gogol's short fiction—Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky bring the same clarity and fidelity to the original that they brought to their brilliant translation of Dostoevsky's works and to War and Peace.

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Reviews of The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol highlight the author's unique and timeless style, full of vibrant and often bizarre creativity. Critics regard Gogol as an unparalleled narrator with a compellingly strange imagination, blending comic, sinister, and touching elements. His ability to create a new reality, as noted by other literary figures like Nabokov, showcases his inventiveness and lasting influence on Russian and European literature.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781847084217

Publisher: Granta Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 March 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Granta Books

Contributors:

  • Translated by Richard Pevear
  • Translated by Larissa Volokhonsky
  • Translated by Richard Pevear
  • Translated by Larissa Volokhonsky
  • Translated by Richard Pevear
  • Translated by Larissa Volokhonsky

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 319g

Pages: 464

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About the Author

Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) was one of the great masters of Russian literature, and was the author of numerous stories and a novel, Dead Souls. Together, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have translated Dostoevsky's Dead Souls, Crime and Punishment, Notes from Underground, Demons and The Brothers Karamazov, for which they were awarded the PEN Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize. They then translated several works by Bulgakov for Penguin Classics. Latterly, their new versions of Tolstoy's War and Peace and Anna Karenina attracted global acclaim. Their translation of Dostoevsky's The Idiot is also published by Granta Books.

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